New combo advice pleaaaaaase

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New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by paulpaciocco » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:07 pm

Hey all!

Looking at a new chart plotter/finder combo for my boat and just wondering if anybody can give me some feedback from experience, on the following two models:

Raymarine dragonfly 5; and
Lawrence elite 5.

I'm stuck between the two because I love the simplicity of the ray marine (bit pricier) but always had Lawrence and they've been great.

Thanks guys!


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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by smile0784 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:34 pm

I just got Lowrance elite chirp 5 inch
GPS invaluable wen I was up in 3 different lakes near bermagui that hhaven't fished before

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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by barra mick » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:02 pm

paulpaciocco wrote:Hey all!

Looking at a new chart plotter/finder combo for my boat and just wondering if anybody can give me some feedback from experience, on the following two models:

Raymarine dragonfly 5; and
Lawrence elite 5.

I'm stuck between the two because I love the simplicity of the ray marine (bit pricier) but always had Lawrence and they've been great.

Thanks guys!


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The lawrance elite 5 is very easy to use....just takes a trip or two to work out the settings

Its really just like a new molible phone

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you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind

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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by paulpaciocco » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:03 pm

Thanks lads!!


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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by Nude up » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:37 am

I prefer two units so you don't have to keep swapping screens or going half screen

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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by paulpaciocco » Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:25 pm

Haha nude up that's actually brilliant I never thought of that I guess. Iv got plenty of dash room for two units maybe that's something to explore price wise :)


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Post by Nude up » Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:51 pm

In my last boat I had a lowrance colour sounder and a garmin chartplotter I loved the lowrance sounders and I reckon garmin have the best maps. My current boat has a foruno 587 sounder and a 6600 navman chartplotter. I will replace the navman with a garmin when the misses is not looking

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Re: New combo advice pleaaaaaase

Post by paulpaciocco » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:49 am

Lol nude that's gold, I think I too will have to do the old switcheroo when she's not looking haha


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